Holding Pattern
Holding Pattern
New York Time Article: Languishing
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Quote from Article: Part of the danger is that when you’re languishing, you might not notice the dulling of delight or the dwindling of drive. You don’t catch yourself slipping slowly into solitude; you’re indifferent to your indifference.
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“In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai.”
Exodus 19:1 HCSB
1. Is Fear or Regret Keeping You in a Holding Pattern?
“All the Israelites complained about Moses and Aaron, and the whole community told them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness! Why is the Lord bringing us into this land to die by the sword? Our wives and little children will become plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?” So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and go back to Egypt. The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people despise Me? How long will they not trust in Me despite all the signs I have performed among them?”
Numbers 14:2-4, 11 HCSB
The power of regret is strong.
2. Are Distractions Keeping You In a Holding Pattern?
“They reported to Moses: “We went into the land where you sent us. Indeed it is flowing with milk and honey, and here is some of its fruit. However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We also saw the descendants of Anak there. The Amalekites are living in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.” Then Caleb quieted the people in the presence of Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land because we can certainly conquer it! ””
Numbers 13:27-30 HCSB
A Fortune 500 software company tested a simple policy: no interruptions Tuesday, Thursday and Friday before noon. When the company set quiet time as official policy, 65 percent achieved above-average productivity.
Treat uninterrupted blocks of time as treasures to guard.
1. Is Fear or Regret Keeping You in a Holding Pattern?
2. Are Distractions Keeping You In a Holding Pattern?
3. Are You Trusting God Through the Holding Pattern?
“The Lord has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and no one is able to stand against you to this day. One of you routed a thousand because the Lord your God was fighting for you, as He promised. So be very diligent to love the Lord your God for your own well-being. “I am now going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and all your soul that none of the good promises the Lord your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.”
Joshua 23:9-11, 14 HCSB
God promises us this in Matthew 28:20, “…remember, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and a sound mind.”
2 Timothy 1:7 HCSB